INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., - The NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Committee has released its fourth Division II women's basketball regional rankings for the 2006-07 season. The rankings list the Top 10 teams in each of the NCAA's eight D-II regions.

Tech, which is 16-7 overall on the season, 8-2 in the GSC West Division and 11-3 in the South Region, is ranked fourth for the second consecutive week after posting a 72-52 win last Thursday at home over Christian Brothers and then closed the week with a 78-66 win this past Saturday at Southern Arkansas.

The Golden Suns were ranked third in the initial poll of the season and then were ranked fifth two weeks ago, before climbing to fourth the past two weeks. Tech is one of six Gulf South Conference schools in the fourth regional poll of the season and is the second-highest ranked team from the league in the poll.

At the end of the season, the top eight teams from each region will receive bids to the 64-team NCAA D-II Tournament. To be considered for selection into the national tournament, each team must play at least 18 games against teams within its region. The regional rankings will be released every Wednesday through Feb. 28. The top team in each region will have an opportunity to host the first two rounds of the 64-team National Championship Tournament. Only games played against NCAA D-II teams will be considered by the committee.

In addition to Tech, other GSC teams ranked in this week's South Region poll include Delta State (16-3, 14-3 Region) at No. 2, Valdosta State (16-5, 15-4 Region) at No. 5, Harding (13-6, 12-6) at No. 6, West Alabama (14-7, 14-7) at No. 7, and Southern Arkansas (10-9, 10-6 Region) moves into this week's rankings at No. 10.

Florida Gulf Coast (22-0, 21-0 Region), who owns a 93-49 win over Tech this season, sits atop the South Region poll for the fourth consecutive week, while Florida Tech (19-4, 18-3) remains third this week. The other two teams in the poll are Tampa (15-6, 13-3) at No. 8 and Rollins (15-5, 15-3) at No. 9.

Tech will return to action today when it travels to Searcy to face Harding (16-7, 6-4 GSC) in a 5:30 p.m. GSC match-up at Rhodes Fieldhouse on the Harding campus. Tech collected a 63-54 home win on Jan. 18 over Harding.